Composition and spatial organization of fish assemblages in the lower Guadiana basin, southern Iberia

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 134-143

  Godinho, F N ^a   Ferreira, M T ^b   Cortes, R V ^c  

^a Estacao Florestal Nacional   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Canonical correspondence analysis; Exotic endemic species; Fish community; Portugal; River environment

Indexed keywords

ALBURNOIDES; ANAECYPRIS HISPANICA; BARBUS; BARBUS COMIZO; BARBUS MICROCEPHALUS; BARBUS SCLATERI; BLENNIUS; CHONDROSTOMA; CICHLASOMA FACETUM; COBITIS PALUDICA; CYPRINIDAE; ESOX LUCIUS; LEPOMIS GIBBOSUS; LEUCISCUS PYRENAICUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; RUTILUS ALBURNOIDES; RUTILUS LEMMINGII; SALARIAS FLUVIATILIS; TROPIDOPHOXINELLUS; BARBUS COMIZA; BLENNIUS FLUVIATILIS; CHONDROSTOMA LEMMINGII; TROPIDOPHOXINELLUS ALBURNOIDES;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FISH ASSEMBLAGE; SPATIAL ORGANIZATION;

SPAIN;

EID: 0031393796     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.1997.tb00155.x     Document Type: Article

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